Message from Scripture: 8/28/2021

 

Our message from Scripture today comes from Psa. 119:165: “Those who love Your law have great peace, and nothing causes them to stumble.”

         

The psalmist, in the 119^th Psalm, extols the virtues of the word of God in each verse, reminding us of the value it has to us in our relationship with God. In this verse, he speaks of how we can have great peace, meaning a wholeness, soundness, a tranquility to one’s existence that only God can provide.

 

It begins with loving the law, the instructions or teaching God offers in His word. To the psalmist, that would be the Law of Moses, but how much more are we blessed to have the fulness of what the Law pointed to in Christ and His gospel. We have the gospel of peace (Eph. 6:15), which only Christ can offer, a peace unlike anything the world has to offer (John 16:33). We will never have peace if we pursue what the world has to offer, as it is sin-based. Only Christ and the spiritual provides genuine peace, even in the midst of trials and troubles.

 

The psalmist also tells us, as long as we love God and His word, as long as we seek to live by its principles for our lives, we have a source of strength that can keep us from stumbling. Peter reminds us of this when he wrote, “Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall. For in this way there will be richly provided for you an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (2 Pet. 1:10-11). If we love God, we will love His word, we will practice His word, we will have a peace that passes understanding (Phil. 4:7), and confidence we are right with God. No wonder Satan doesn’t want us to spend time in Scripture!

 

What a great promise God offers us through His word! Let’s go out today to serve our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, knowing the rich blessings He provides us when we connect our lives with Him in submission to His will. God bless.

 

Robert